Nonprofit Roundtable’s report
BEYOND CHARITY: RECOGNIZING RETURN ON INVESTMENT 
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Working in partnership with business, government and concerned citizens, nonprofits yield a return on investment and make a difference.

Nonprofits save money by preventing and solving problems, immediately and in the long term.
It costs MD $25,000/year for each child who remains in the child welfare system. The nonprofit Adoptions Together works with the government to place children with families at an annual cost of just $7,200. It’s good for the child who benefits from having a permanent home and family and it is more cost-effective for Maryland.

If Metro Teen AIDS prevents just two youth from contracting HIV each year, two young people are saved from a devastating disease, and its entire annual budget of $1 million is justified. The average lifetime cost of health care for one HIV person infected is $618,000.

Nonprofits multiply the impact of government, corporations and foundations, and supplement funding with volunteers and donated goods and services.
DC Central Kitchen serves more than 1.2 million meals each year with donated restaurant food that would otherwise go to waste.

Piedmont Environmental Council in Virginia conserves 2 acres for each acre bought by the government, doubling the impact of every taxpayer dollar spent on conservation.

Nonprofits strengthen our community by connecting people to each other, to services and to issues that matter to all of us.
Like when the worst happens – The National Capital Chapter of the America Red Cross provided immediate help to nearly 7,000 people affected by Hurricane Katrina.

In 2005, area arts groups generated $2.15 billion in economic activity, supported more than 45,000 full-time equivalent jobs and leveraged 2 million hours of donated time from 32,000 volunteers. Like Joe’s Movement Emporium, an anchor project of the Prince George’s Gateway Arts District revitalization strategy, contributes more than $935,000 to the local economy.